Today’s guest is one of Watchpro’s Hot 100, the NOS, LNIB Eric Wind, founder of Wind Vintage. We welcome Eric back, to chat (unsurprisingly), about vintage watches.

Andy caught up with H. Moser & Cie. boss Bertrand Meylan to chat about the wonderful, wild (and occasionally weird) world of Moser watches. They chat about the boom of independent watches has impacted their brand, the unexpected and ongoing success of the Streamliner, and the desire to keep Moser as a brand that people can wear.

Here at OT: we’re big fans of a watch-related Newsletter, and Owen Lawton’s 3-Watch Thursday hits all the right punchy news notes. Owen’s also a talented watch photographer, so we figured we should get in touch and find out what makes him tick — so to speak.

This week we welcome back Nicholas Biebuyck for the fourth (or maybe fifth) appearance on OT:, but he’s in Melbourne, so it would be rude not to. Andy chats to Nicholas about the just-released Skipper, and what a heritage reissue should look like in 2023.

Today we dive into horological history with Aaron Stark, author of Disrupting Time, to discover the tale of Jacques David and Theo Gribi, two Swiss spies who travelled to America on a mission of industrial espionage aimed at getting Swiss watchmaking back on track.

This week we take a quick trip to funky town, with Sō Labs co-founder Rick Cosgrove as our tour guide. Sō Labs is a young Chicago-based brand with an unconventional design proposition: layers and colours.

This week Felix speaks to Cartier’s Image and Style Director Pierre Rainero about the particular challenges the Maison faces when it comes to evolving iconic designs, while staying true to the heritage of the brand.

No guests this week; instead, we look back at some notable releases over the last month, including the latest from Seiko and TAG Heuer. But the big story is that of a record-breaking Speedmaster that was sold by Phillips in 2021, which is a key piece of evidence in an ongoing investigation into, what Omega alleges is organised criminal activity.  

This week Felix chats with the Managing Director of Montblanc’s Watch Division, Laurent Lecamp. For an interview about watchmaking, we spend a surprising amount of time discussing nature, specifically ice, glacial and otherwise. Plus Sucession and Spider-Man.

We chat to veteran UK-based watch journalist Tim Barber about his descent into the world of watches, as well as his take on Davide Cerrato’s new job as Bremont CEO, anOrdain’s latest, MoonSwatch and the future of the Swatch Group.

Hannes Pantli describes himself as part of the inventory at IWC. We described him as a legend. Both of these things are true. Mr Pantli started his career with IWC in 1972, and has seen the tides of IWC ebb and flow over the years. We talk about the genesis of Gerald Genta’s Ingenieur design, from how it was recieved at the time and how it’s changed over the years, and why Genta stands out as ‘the’ famous watch designer.

IWC’s 2023 release slate has a singular focus — the Ingenieur. This cult classic integrated sports watch has made its triumphant return to the catalogue, and it was one of the major talking points of Watches & Wonders. IWC Museum Curator David Sefer explains.

Fun fact, if you scroll all the way back in the episode listings of OT:, you’ll see that our very first episode was an interview with Chris Alexander, AKA the Dial Artist. Now he’s back, along with some chat about the new TAG Heuer short film, the Chase for Carrera.

Watches & Wonders might be well in the rear view, but that hasn’t stopped us from continuing to tell tales from the great Geneva fair. Today we have a lightning round interview with Anthony Traina and Mark Kauzlarich of Hodinkee fame, and Felix tells us about his visit to the Ulysse Nardin Manufacture, including the Donzé Cadrans dial manufacturing facility.

This week we’ve got part two of our chat with TAG Heuer’s Nicholas Biebuyck, where he tells us what he really thinks about the latest Carrera releases and speculates about what sort of watches he’d like to see in the future. Beyond that, we have some thoughts and feelings about recent watch releases, including Lange’s unobtanium chronograph, the revival of Gerald Genta, Tudor’s talking factory and whether or not Ben Clymer talking time with Kermit is hypocrisy or the greatest interview they’ve ever run.

Watches & Wonders 2023 is now behind us, so naturally we’ve spent a little time reflecting on the good, the not so good and the great. And when we say ‘some time’ we meant, a seriously sleep deprived Felix and an overworked Andy had an informal chat about what it was like on the ground, some other highlights on the ground, and who’s booth was best.

In a move surprising absolutely no one, this week’s episode is all about Watches & Wonders. Recorded earlier this week, Felix and Andy discuss the blue chip releases from the big brands. Andy gives us the view from afar on the bold moves from Rolex, and the less dramatic Patek novelties. Felix gives his very early impressions on Tudor’s new Black Bay’s and the very impressive suite of new Carreras coming out of TAG Heuer.

Today we speak to Dr Rebecca Struthers, one half of Struthers Watchmaking, about how she ended up as a watchmaker, and more importantly, where she’s taking it — specifically the gorgeous and exclusive Project 248. But it’s not just watches that Rebecca crafts, she’s also on the eve of publishing Hands of Time, A Watchmakers History of Time, which takes us through 40,000-odd years of timekeeping with precision and style.

Today we chat with Giles Ellis, the infectiously passionate founder of Schofield Watches. Ellis has been making his distinctively-cased watches since 2010. Ellis started making watches for the best possible reason — he was looking for a watch he wanted to wear, and nothing on the market at the time was *quite* right, so he made his own.

Recently Andy has been raving about a well-sized, vintage-inspired chronograph that’s had a firm place on his wrist for the last few weeks: The Antigua from Méraud Watches. So it only made sense to get the founder of this boutique Belgian brand — Stijn Busschaert — on for a chat.